Henry Franklin Kilburn,
FAIA, (February 20, 1844 in
Ashfield, Massachusetts – September 26, 1905 in
New York City) was an American architect active in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century
New York City who is particularly associated with church architecture.[2] Although he practiced for a number of years, only toward the end of his career, however, was Kilburn primarily active with ecclesiastical commissions; the
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission reports that "Kilburn was also the architect of many private residences, factories, stables, and theaters in Manhattan."[1]
Much of Kilburn's work has not survived, and that which has, has been under threat of demolition or general dilapidation for many years. He worked in a variety of styles, producing all derivative work of other fashionable architect's styles, including
Richardsonian Romanesque and
Stanford White's refined Italianate style.[2] This was often due to his designing the more substantial additions or extensions of buildings. He established his practice in New York City around 1865.[2]
Street and Smith Publishing House (1904), a seven-story brick and stone publishing house on the northeast corner of Seventh Avenue and 15th Street (built for
Street & Smith on 231 William Street for $225,000)[20]
Residence of Walter A. and Jean S. Bass (1890), 615 Little Silver Point Road, Little Silver, NJ (With the firm A.L.C Marsh and Associates. Cost of $4480)
^Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1999). New York 1880: Architecture and Urbanism in the Gilded Age. Monacelli Press. pp. 770, 772, 773.
ISBN978-1-58093-027-7.
OCLC40698653.
^Robert Miles Parker, The Upper West Side, New York (New York City:
Harry N. Abrams, 1988), p.125
^Kathryn E. Holliden, Leopold Eidlitz: Architecture and Idealism in the Gilded Age (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2008), p.171
^Thomas Vitullo-Martin, co-chair of Friends of West-Park, quoted in Nadine Brozan, “Sacred Space But Earthly Challenges,” The New York Times (25 April 2004)